Animals In The Hardwood Hammock Everglades. Hammocks can be found nestled in most all other everglades ecosystems. A hardwood hammock is a habitat that is found on higher elevations making it like the pinelands a dry habitat. A hardwood hammock is a dense stand of broad leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of only a few inches in elevation.
Flora species richness is a hallmark of tropical hardwood hammock vegetation. A hardwood hammock is a dense stand of broad leafed trees that grow on a natural rise of only a few inches in elevation.
A hardwood hammock is a habitat that is found on higher elevations making it like the pinelands a dry habitat.
Flora species richness is a hallmark of tropical hardwood hammock vegetation. A hardwood hammock is a habitat that is found on higher elevations making it like the pinelands a dry habitat. Tropical hardwood hammocks are closed canopy forests dominated by a diverse assemblage of evergreen and semi deciduous tree and shrub species mostly of west indian origin. In the deeper sloughs and marshes the seasonal flow of water helps give these hammocks a distinct aerial teardrop shape.
